The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-11-24
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NORTH CAROLINA STATE ALLIANCE.
Presidents. B. Alexander, Charlotte,
n. C.
Vice-President-T. Ivey, Ashpole, NC.
Secretarv-L. L. Polk, Raleigh, N. c.
Treasurer. D. Allen, Falls, N. c..
Lecturer-Geo. Wilcox, Carbonton,
n. G.
Assistant Lecturer-D. D. Mcintyre,
Laurinburg, n. C.
Chaplain-Rev. 3. T. Edwards, Cedar
Creek, n. G.
Door Keeper-W. H. Tomlinson, Fay
etteville, n. c.
Assistant Door Keeper-R. 7. Rush,
Mt. Gilead, n. G.
Sergeant-at- Arms-J. S, Holt, Chalk
Level, N. c..
THE NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS ASSOCIATION.
President-Elias Carr, Old Sparta,
Edgecombe county.
B. F. Hester, Oxford, Secretary S.
Ohio Wilson, Vineyard, and w. E. Ben
bow, Oak Ridge, Assistant Secretaries.
STATE GRANGE PATRONS OF HUsBANDRY.
W. R. Williams, Falkland, Pitt county,
Master.
E, T. J. Ludwig, Mt. Pleasant, Secre-
tary.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF AGRICUL-
TURE-oFFICERs.
John Robinson, Commissioner
T. K. Bruner, Acting Secretary.
DR.. II. B. Battle, Acting Chemist and
Director of Experiment Station.
John 7. Patrick, General Agent Immi-
grafton.
N. C. SOCIETY.
W. G. Upchurch, Raleigh, Presidents;
John Nichols, Raleigh, Secretary.
NORTH CAROLINA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
PRESIDENT. Van Lindley, Pomona
Secretary-S. Ohio Wilson, Vineyard.
MFR. r. P. Law is now connected
with the Charlotte Chronicle.
w. A. Bailey, a ~well-known citizen
Of Iredell county, has been convicted of
forgery.
White Oak Alliance is booming. 1t
now has about so members and is increas-
ing every meeting.
The Fayetteville Observer wants the
Democratic State Convention to meet in
that town next year.
The mercantile trade of Winston was
$500 0 in 1880. In 1885 it amounted
to more than 50, 900, 900.
The Alliance meeting at Poplar Tent
Cabarr1iss county, is postponed until Fri
day, the second Of December.
The Methodist Conference to be held
in Fayetteville. on the Both inst. it is
thought will bervery largely attended.
The tunnel on the w. n. C. Railroad
will not be in a condition for trainsto
pass until about the first of December
The farmers of Johnston county con-
template having a grand meeting, dinner,
speeches, &C., at Pine Level at an early
day. \
The Raleigh business men are ear
nestly agitating the question of more and
better railroad facilities for the capitol
city.
The packing house of the Hancock
Chemical Works, Hancock, Michigan,
was blown up on the 10th inst, killing
six men.
The n hundred and sixteenth an
niversary of the founding Of the Moravian
Church in Salem, was celebrated on the
18th inst.
-Branson's North Carolina agricul-
tural almanac for 1883 is before US and is
a well gotten up handbook Of useful in
formation about the State.
John L.. Sullivan, the nose-masker,
and Jay Gould, the stock-smasher, are
both in Europe, and are being ionized as
typical American celebrities. - ~*f4=@ |
H.. Mrs. L. G. Steed, Of Randolph county,
sent to the editor of the High Point En-
terprsse q beet measuring 80 inches in
length, % inches around and weighing ~
pounds. ,s,.5"@z~& 81 >4I ,"~@:1[H@|~@s
-. Auburn, Alliance has about go mem
bers, and they are a .go-aheady lively lot
of splendid men. They are building ahall
and school room, two stories high and "a
by so feet. ,:~sa~A
Hon. L. Q. c. Lamar, of President
Clevelapd's. Cabinet, has been appointed
to a seat on the Supreme Court bench, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of